Reference Guide

• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
tengigabitethernet followed by slot/port numbers.
The port range is 0 to 63.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE followed by slot/port numbers. The ports are
48, 52, 56, and 60.
• For a range of interfaces, enter the keyword range
followed by slot/port number.
• For a Fibre Channel interface, enter the keyword
FibreChannel followed by slot/port numbers. The port
range is 0 to 47.
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback
followed by a number from 0 to 16383.
• For a Management interface, enter the keyword
managementethernet followed by slot/port numbers.
The port is 0.
• For a Null interface, enter the keywords null 0.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel
followed by a number from 1 to 128.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan followed
by a VLAN id number from 1 to 4094.
Command
Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
The following describes the show interfaces description command shown
in the Example below.
Field Description
Interface Displays the type of interface and associated slot and port
number.
OK? Indicates if the hardware is functioning properly.
Status States whether the interface is enabled (up) or disabled
(administratively down).
Protocol States whether IP is enabled (up) or disabled (down) on the
interface.
Description Displays the description (if any) manually configured for the
interface.
Example
Dell#show interfaces description
Interface OK Status Protocol Description
TenGigabitEthernet 0/0 YES up up
TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 NO admin down down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/2 NO admin down down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/3 NO admin down down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/4 NO admin down down
Interfaces
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